The mixing elbow on my '98 H376 broke off from the manifold. My mechanic, whom I trust implicitly, attributes this to a design flaw. He says that the unsupported weight of the elbow coupled with the heat and vibration of the engine puts too much stress on the connection to the manifold. His solution is to have his welder fashion a new fitting. I'm not sure of the details as this is based on a preliminary phone conversation and I'm no mechanic. He did say that he could replace it as was done previously but that it would probably fail again in a few years. We were very fortunate that when this mishap occurred, we were returning from a longer weekend cruise and were only a few hundred yards from our marina entrance on a beautiful calm day. My fear is this reoccurring in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay in heavy weather. Has anyone else experienced this issue and, if so, what was your solution.
Attachments
-
625.8 KB Views: 69